Beech Aero Club

Five Events this Saturday, May 19!

Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

This Saturday is a big day for flying events around the country. Details are posted on the BAC calender which is just one click away to access.

But for those too lazy to click calendar, here is a summary:

1) There is an open house and breakfast at Delta, UT (KDTA). Starts at 9 AM.
2) JP's Barbeque Ribs and Chicken at Bolton Field (KTZR Columbus, OH). Get there by 11:45 AM.
3) Hammerhead Aeronautical Get-Together (49A Ellijay, GA). Starts at 10 AM.
4) Central PA Pancake Breakfast ( KFIG Clearfield, PA).

Site Update to 4.1.12 PL1

Wed, 02 May 2012 00:57:00 -0700

Tonight we updated to 4.1.12 PL1.

General list of things in the update:

A number of bug fixes and more updates to the Mobile Style.
Several more fixes for the WYSIWIG editor as well including a long initial "hang" when starting to edit in some cases.
Performance optimizations to the backend database - mainly adding some indexes.
Proactive fixes for several potential security bugs (the vendor has been starting to use some automated tools for both code analysis and CRSF/CXS bugs).
Built-in support for the ForumRunner

Rob Cushman is new Airboss of Maine!

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:48:00 -0700

The Northeast Region has had some generous members volunteer to be the "go to" guy in their state. Now we have an Airboss in the state of Maine, Rob Cushman.

Rob flies a Sierra and is based at the former Naval Air Sation Brunswick which is now a public airport KBXM. It is about an hour north of Boston and south of Bangor.

You are invited to Rob's first fly-in scheduled to coincide with the big open house at BXM on June 2-3.

Welcome Rob. You join Ron Cribbee, Airboss of New Hampshire, Larry Perry Airboss of Vermont, Ken Cook, Airboss of Connecticut, Carlos Vares, Airboss of Rhode Island, Mark Patachiola, Airboss of Massachusetts, Scott Brunner Airboss of New York, Harvey

Sun n Fun 2012

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:58:00 -0700

We will be having a club dinner Thursday the 29th @ 7pm. This will take place at Bonefish Grill in Lakeland, Fl. With the Friday and Saturday night activities this seems to work best for everyone. Look forward to seeing as many club members as I can this year.

Reply/Editor Box Broken - Workarounds Discovered

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 18:58:00 -0800

We have discovered that the 4.1.0 update introduced a bug for a small number of users. The bug seems to hit with a combination of two factors:

The user is running Internet Explorer 7 or Internet Explorer 8
- Internet Explorer 9 works
- Internet Explorer 6 is unknown and has other issues with the site.
The user does not have the Enhanced (WYSIWIG) editor enabled.

There are three workarounds - although only one is available for IE 7 and one has other impacts. Note: These have not yet been

Friday Report: I was there today. SATURDAY is the ICE RUNWAY Fly-In at ALTON BAY, New Hampshire

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:24:00 -0800

I landed on the ice today (Friday February 10, 2012).
My personal report...

I had business in New Hampshire today and on the way home I landed on the ice at Alton Bay. The wind was right down Runway 19 which approaches from over the lake and departs to rising terrain requiring a good rate of climb. The ice was solid enough to support my Sundowner and there were four other planes parked there. I touch down and departed as I decided a touch and go was better than trying to climb over the hill/mountain from a standing start. There was no snow cover and the ice was slick. The runway is marked by some difficult-to-see stakes on each side. THIS BAY APPEARS TO BE THE ONLY PART OF THE LAKE THAT IS TRULY FROZEN. Be aware, there is open water